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Full example D3 that shows the lifecycle of charts including: selection, implicit update, enter() and exit()
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/3.5.6/d3.min.js"></script>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<title>JS Bin</title>
</head>
<body>
<button id="heybutton" onclick="clickme()">Update</button>
<script id="jsbin-javascript">
//Full example D3 that shows the lifecycle of charts:
//Selection: Update, Enter, and Exit
var maxSize = 20;
var maxLen = 11;
var gridSize = 25;
var a = getRandData(maxLen);
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", 300)
.attr("height", 150);
drawChart(a);
function drawChart(data) {
var circle = svg.selectAll("circle")
.data(data);
//The exit selection - these items don't exist in the new dataset so they should be removed
//Does not seem to matter where in this sequence the exit() selection is (whether before/after append() or update)
circle.exit().transition().duration(1000).attr("r", 0).remove();
//The enter selection - place for handling items not already in the dataset
//This part needs to be before the implicit update selection below
circle.enter().append("circle")
.transition().duration(1000)
.attr("r", 2.5);
//Implicit update selection - these are items that already exist, but may have new data
circle
.transition().duration(1000)
.attr("cx", function(d, i) {
return gridSize * d.index + gridSize;
})
.attr("r", function(d) {
return (d.size / maxSize) * maxSize;
})
.attr("cy", 60);
}
function removeRandomData(newdata) {
var newArr = [];
var pctToRemove = 0.25;
newdata.forEach(function(d) {
if (pctToRemove < Math.random()) {
newArr.push(d);
}
});
return newArr;
}
function getRandData(num) {
var arr = [];
for (var i = 0; i < num; i++) {
arr.push({
"size": parseInt(Math.random() * maxSize),
"index": i
});
}
return arr;
}
function clickme() {
var newdata = getRandData(maxLen);
newdata = removeRandomData(newdata);
drawChart(newdata);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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